Puja Myles is Director of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) specialist real world data research service, the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD). She is a public health specialist and prior to joining CPRD, was a public health academic at the University of Nottingham, UK. As a public health academic her research focused on respiratory epidemiology, particularly respiratory infections and in her current role. She is a fellow of the Faculty of Public Health (UK), a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK) and has a doctorate in epidemiology. In her current role she has contributed to regulatory guidance on how real world data (RWD ) could support regulatory decision-making, post-approval evidence generation, and lifecycle management of medical products.